How do you find the instantaneous rate of change at a point on a graph?
1 Answer
Aug 4, 2014
The instantaneous rate of change at a point is equal to the function's derivative evaluated at that point. In other words, it is equal to the slope of the line tangent to the curve at that point.
For example, let's say we have a function
If we want to know the instantaneous rate of change at the point
And then we evaluate it at the point
So, the instantaneous rate of change, in this case, would be